In recent testimony before a United States Senate Committee, SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro rattled off the list of significant new responsibilities the Commission is tackling in connection with U.S. financial reform legislation.
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This quarter, SHARE lead shareholder engagement with 48 companies on a range of issues including toxic chemicals, sustainable forestry, precarious employment, human rights…
The annual shareholder meeting of a large Canadian or U.S. public company is an opportunity for directors and executives to showcase their individual and collective accomplishments. In most cases, corporate presentations…
Hundreds of ducks have died in a Syncrude Canada Ltd. tailings pond, only a few days after the Provincial Court of Alberta ruled against the company for the death of 1,600 ducks that landed in another of its tailings ponds in April 2008.
Our annual report Proxy Voting by Canadian Mutual Funds examines how funds vote their shares. The key finding is that support by Canadian mutual funds…
Early in May this year, Magna International Inc. (Magna) announced plans to eliminate the super-voting shares held by its founder, Frank Stronach, through Stronach Trust.
On February 26, 2010, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) announced the creation of an Investor Advisory Panel. The Panel’s mandate is to…
A bill intended to address the problems that plunged the U.S. into full-blown financial crisis in 2008 has recently become law. The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act contains…
